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Sorry I had to delete someones answer that said only 1 body was loaded in each oven, so heres some first hand testimony - WARNING - GRAPHIC - There were 5 Crematoriums at Auschwitz, but 52 Muffles, which are the openings allowing bodies to be fed into. They got very good at being able to fit the maximum amount of bodies in each muffle. They could burn 4-5 at a time continuously and sometimes 8 or more depending on the size of bodies. There are some sickening eye witness accounts coming first hand from the germans loading the ovens. This coming from a SonderKommando talks about how they would put the first 2 stacked, head to toe, face up but since the bodies arms and legs raise as they burn they would have to work fast to load the next bodies. They would burn the children with adults, loading a couple adults first so the children wouldnt slip through the grid bars into the ash bin, and then stack as many children as they could on top, sometimes as many as 8. This I quote "Women's bodies burned much better and more quickly than those of men. For this reason, when a charge was burning badly, we would introduce a woman's body to accelerate the combustion.".
Essentially, once the first bodies started to burn they would continue adding more to keep the fires hot. They learned to combine fat/skinny people and children to achieve maximum efficiency. (Sorry I want to say large people, but fat is fuel basically).
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∙ 14y agoPeople are not killed in a crematory, They are only placed into the crematory after death. It is illegal to burn more than one human at a time.
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How many people were held at Auschwitz Birkenau?
About 4.5 Million people were sent to Auschwitz.
How many people were involved in the Auschwitz war?
With respect, there was no "Auschwitz war", so what do you really mean?
Where was Auschwitz and how many did not survive?
Auschwitz was in Poland. Some 3 million people were estimated to have perished there.
How many people survived Auschwitz Birkenau?
Of those who received numbers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, only 65,000 survived. It is estimated that only about 200,000 people who passed through the Auschwitz camps survived.
Mr Wiesel survived captivity at Auschwitz How many did not survive?
At least 3.5 million people died in Auschwitz.
What is a sentence with the word crematorium?
I never liked Crematorium. crematorium horrifies many people.
How many people can be held in Auschwitz?
In one go atleast 300,000 people could of been held at Auschwitz.
How many people died in Auschwitz camp 1?
About 190,000 people died in Auschwitz I.
How many people were held at Auschwitz Birkenau?
About 4.5 Million people were sent to Auschwitz.
How many prisoners could be housed at Auschwitz?
About 17,000 at Auschwitz I, II and III combined.
How many people could be killed at a time in the largest gaschambers in Auschwitz?
2 500 at a time in the largest.
How many people came to Auschwitz?
Over 3 Million people were sent ot Auschwitz approximatly.
How many people died in Auschwitz in 1940?
There isn't an exact number but about 1,500 people were killed at Auschwitz in 1940.
How many people died at Auschwitz what pecentage were jewish?
The percentage is from 45% - 68% of people died at Auschwitz were Jewish.
How many people that were killed in Auschwitz-Birkeneau concentration camp were Jewish?
90% or more of the people murdered in Auschwitz were Jewish.
How many Jewish people died in Auschwitz concentration camp?
About 965,000 Jews were murdered at Auschwitz.
How many people were involved in the Auschwitz war?
With respect, there was no "Auschwitz war", so what do you really mean?
